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Visitors Flee as Dubai Shark Tank Cracks

'Indoor ocean' springs a leak

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 26, 2010 1:47 AM CST
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(Newser) – A Dubai aquarium and shopping mall were evacuated yesterday when a mammoth shark tank cracked and gushed water in downtown Dubai. The 2.5 million gallon tank, promoted as an "indoor ocean," holds some 33,000 sea creatures, including hundreds of sharks. Workers... More »

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Spydiggity
Feb 27, 2010 1:38 AM CST
bahahahaha. buncha rich pricks got a little scare? fuck em.
Fatquah
Feb 26, 2010 8:37 PM CST
Dubai will be an interesting place to explore when it's all abandoned, but very dangerous. Can't expect slave labor to build with the best of effort after all.
sandmannc40
Feb 26, 2010 5:28 PM CST
proof that just because you have money you don't smarts. Who hired the bozo that installed the tank he better leave the country fast including the tank installer? I see a beheading in their future. That is what they do to people who screw them over?

 
Dubai • world's tallest building • aquarium • shopping mall • sharks • Dubai aquarium

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